Inj meropenem (wg crit care) at CHRISTUS Health - West Beaumont

6025 Metropolitan Drive, Beaumont, TX · Christushealth · · NPI 1679557888

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jan 13, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

$263.97

Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$799.92

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$1.60 with United Healthcare vs $173.05 with Verity Healthnet National — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
United Healthcare All Payer $1.60 ↓ -99%
United Healthcare HIX $1.60 ↓ -99%
Humana Gold Choice MM $1.65 ↓ -99%
Coventry First Health MM $1.65 ↓ -99%
Allwell Superior Health MM $1.65 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice Dual MM $1.65 ↓ -99%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $1.65 ↓ -99%
Aetna MM $1.65 ↓ -99%
Wellcare MM $1.65 ↓ -99%
Texas Healthspring MM $1.65 ↓ -99%
United Healthcare MM $1.65 ↓ -99%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $1.65 ↓ -99%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $1.65 ↓ -99%
Triwest VA MM $1.65 ↓ -99%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $1.65 ↓ -99%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $1.70 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $1.70 ↓ -99%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $1.73 ↓ -99%
US Imaging Network PPO $1.77 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MM $1.78 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health Plan MM $1.78 ↓ -99%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $1.82 ↓ -99%
Imperial Health Plan MM $1.82 ↓ -99%
ProCare Advantage MM $1.82 ↓ -99%
Christus Health HIX $2.31 ↓ -99%
Aetna New Business $2.95 ↓ -99%
Aetna POS $3.28 ↓ -99%
Aetna PPO $3.28 ↓ -99%
Aetna EPO $3.28 ↓ -99%
Aetna HMO $3.28 ↓ -99%
ADV Cardiovas Specialist MM $3.30 ↓ -99%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $3.30 ↓ -99%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Blue Advantage HMO $6.94 ↓ -97%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HMO $8.63 ↓ -97%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HEB $8.63 ↓ -97%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas PPO $9.59 ↓ -96%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Traditional $10.18 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Chip KM $20.35 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Star KM $20.35 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Star Kid KM $20.35 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $20.35 ↓ -92%
Superior Star KM $22.39 ↓ -92%
Community Health Choice Chip KM $22.39 ↓ -92%
Superior Chip KM $22.39 ↓ -92%
Superior Star Plus KM $22.39 ↓ -92%
Superior Foster Care KM $22.39 ↓ -92%
Amerigroup Chip KM $24.43 ↓ -91%
Community Health Choice Star KM $24.43 ↓ -91%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $24.43 ↓ -91%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $24.43 ↓ -91%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Kids KM $24.43 ↓ -91%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $24.43 ↓ -91%
Amerigroup Star KM $24.43 ↓ -91%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $24.43 ↓ -91%
Molina Star KM $61.07 ↓ -77%
Molina Chip KM $61.07 ↓ -77%
Molina Star Plus KM $61.07 ↓ -77%
Cigna New Business $79.40 ↓ -70%
Healthcare Highways PPO $91.61 ↓ -65%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $101.79 ↓ -61%
Cigna PPO $122.15 ↓ -54%
Humana Choicecare $122.15 ↓ -54%
Verity HealthNet PPO $122.15 ↓ -54%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $132.33 ↓ -50%
First Health PPO $132.33 ↓ -50%
Phcs PPO $142.51 ↓ -46%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $142.51 ↓ -46%
MCT Credit Union All Plans $142.51 ↓ -46%
Multiplan PPO $142.51 ↓ -46%
Partners Direct Health PPO $142.51 ↓ -46%
HealthSmart PPO $162.87 ↓ -38%
Beech Street PPO $162.87 ↓ -38%
Provider Select PPO $162.87 ↓ -38%
Health Management Network PPO $162.87 ↓ -38%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $173.05 ↓ -34%

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Inj meropenem (wg crit care) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $136.35 $1.60 – $3.92
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $239.04 $5.68 – $5.68
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE $245.43 $1.57 – $3.92
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING $219.13 $1.60 – $3.92
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $24.84 $15.62 – $70.97
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $104.12 $97.18 – $624.68
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $24.84 $15.62 – $70.97
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $24.84 $15.62 – $70.97

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